LETTER
Correction: Incorrect Statement in Table of Contents
B. Cujec;
P. Polasek;
I. Mayers; and
D. Johnson
15 April 1994 | Volume 120 Issue 8 | Page 698
In the 1 November 1993 issue of Annals, the Table of Contents summary of the article by Cujec and colleagues [1] incorrectly stated that "acute respiratory failure is a common cause of lack of improvement in oxygenation with the addition of positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) in patients who are mechanically ventilated". The point of the article is that patent foramen ovale, not acute respiratory failure, is a common cause of unresponsiveness to PEEP.
1. Cujec B, Polasek P, Mayers I, Johnson D. Positive end-expiratory pressure increases the right-to-left shunt in mechanically ventilated patients with patent foramen ovale. Ann Intern Med. 1993; 119:887-94.
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